OT - History of the NCAA tourney

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by sseltser

CCNY holds the distinction of being the only team to win both the NIT and NCAA Tournament in the same season. They did it in 1950, when the NIT occurred before the NCAA and teams could play in both.

Weekly Feature: Whereabouts Of The 1950 City College Of New York Team, NIT and NCAA Champs (Part I) – LostLettermen.com

Padgett and I officiated both championship games that year. I was the R in the NCAA game and he was the R in the NIT game because it was the second tournament and the more important tournament of the two.

MTD, Sr.

P.S. We both still had our own hair back then.